Monday, May 11, 2009

The Download - Week of 051109

Saturday Night Live's Sequel to "D*ck In a Box" - "Motherlover"
First and foremost, watch this. You will thank me when you know what everyone is talking about and you feel included.

13th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners
Now that you've watched "Motherlover"... Congratulations to all!

Web to Soon See :30s
An interesting new take on online ads and the user experience. Although, something tells me placements described as "deliberately intrusive" will not be received well. Call it a hunch.

Metacafe Terminates their Producer Rewards Program
What a crippling blow to the people who could really use that extra six bucks every three months. Zing!

60Frames Halts Operations
We hardly knew ye.

Crisis in Metrics, Say Digital Media Execs
"It gets pretty crazy," says one exec in this article, which is about as lucid of a quote I've heard on this subject from anyone.

Crackle Cuts Off User Uploads
Who cares about users these days anyways? We don't even know them.

YouTube Advertising Revenue to Grow Soon Says Analyst
What a special day it will be when YouTube makes its first penny of profit for Google. Like a Quinceañera.

Yahoo Video Gets "Streamllined"
The No.3 U.S. video site according to Nielsen is going through some changes. Not unlike a young girl at her Quinceañera? Last gratuitous Quinceñera joke, promise.

Fred Seibert Drops Knowledge, Perspective at New York Web TV Meetup
And the guest for the next Meetup is supposedly "ridiculously awesome"!

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